Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slummy

/ˈslʌmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: slum-my
IPA: /ˈslʌmi/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a slum; run-down, dirty, decrepit.

Example Sentences

"Cars and unemployment increased. Council houses took on a slummier look."
"The dreamer is a distinguished operatic artist, and, like all who have elected to follow, not the safely marked general highways of the day, but the adventure of the special, dimly audible call that comes to those whose ears are open within as well as without, she has had to make her way alone, through difficulties not commonly encountered, "through slummy, muddy streets"; she has known the dark night of the soul, Dante's "dark wood, midway in the journey of our life," and the sorrows of the pits of hell[.]"

Etymology

From slum + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈslʌmi/

Inflected Forms

slummier (comparative) slummiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

slumminess sluminess

Rhymes With

dummy mummy yummy tummy gummy crummy rummy scummy indian rummy brummie scrummy plummy

Questions

How do you pronounce slummy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈslʌmi/.
What does slummy mean?: Like a slum; run-down, dirty, decrepit.
Where does slummy come from?: From slum + -y.

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